'Boss' star joins 'Gangster Squad'

Garity"Boss" star Troy Garity has became a member of the cast of Warner Bros./Village Roadshow's period crime pic "The Gangster Squad."Garity will have a 1-eyed hitman sent by gangster Sean Penn to kill figures performed by Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin.Ruben Fleischer is pointing from the script by Will Beall, and production is presently under means by La.Garity, who had been among Variety's Top Ten New Faces for Fall TV, will quickly be viewed playing an investigative reporter pursuing Kelsey Grammer on Starz's "Boss," that has formally upped him to series regular. He lately performed a vengeful mobster on NBC's canceled series "The Playboy Club."Thesp, whose submit the 2003 telepic "Soldier's Girl" gained him a Golden Globe nomination, will film "Gangster Squad" into December. His previous feature credits include Danny Boyle's "Sunshine," Craig Levinson's "Bandits" and Tim Story's "Barbershop."Garity is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com